Brown with Just a Bit of Blue

My card for you today is shades of brown with just a bit of blue, and I love how the two colors contrast.

            Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Curly Cute 

         Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Versamark 
            Ink: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue 
         Accessories: Clear embossing powder, brayer, sponge, Elegant Lines embossing folder,
                 Designer Frames embossing folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Extra-large
                 Oval Punch, Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon, Self adhesive pearl, glue dots 


The base is Crumb Cake cardstock. I created the main cardfront panel in two pieces. The top is Very Vanilla cardstock embossed using the Elegant Lines embossing folder. The bottom panel was created using emboss resist. I clear embossed the swirls from the Everything Eleanor set on Very Vanilla cardstock, then brayered Chocoate Chip ink to cover the panel, so all the areas without embossing picked up the ink, and the embossed areas stayed Vanilla. At the join of these two panels I added a strip of Bashful Blue punched with the Scalloped Dotted Ribbon border, and a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock. The central element is also a stamp in the Everything Eleanor set. I stamped it in Soft Suede on vanilla cardstock, cut it out and embossed it with a Designer Frames folder. Then I sponged it a bit with Chocolate Chip ink to make the embossing stand out. The greeting is from Curly Cute, stamped in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla and punched out with the Extra-Large Oval punch. I stamped the small flower from Everything Eleanor twice on Bashful Blue cardstock with Soft Suede ink. Then I cut out both flowers, adhered them with a glue dot, added a self adhesive pearl to the center, crumbled them to give the flower some dimension and attached them to the card with another glue dot.


Thanks for visiting my blog today! Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

A Week of Retiring Stamps - Day 4-Goodbye to Totally Tool

My card for today showcases the Totally Tool stamp set. This set is great not only because tool images are great for masculine cards, but also it has so many fun tool-themed greetings!

The card base is Always Artichoke, and the Card Front is Sahara Sand. I stamped the Sahara sand with Artichoke ink and the Wonderfully Worn Background stamp. Then I stamped all the tool images. The ribbon is Artichoke Denim Ribbon.  I stamped the greeting on Very Vanilla, matted it with Artichoke and attached it with Dimensionals. I stamped two of the tools in Artichoke on Sahara Sand, added a little color with a blender pen, cut them out, and adhered them to the center panel with glue dots. Easy masculine card!

Retiring Items Showcased:

Totally Tool Stamp Set
Wonderfully Worn Stamp
Artichoke Denim Ribbon

Thanks for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed all the cards. Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin’ Up! All retiring items are available only until May 31^st and only while supplies last. If you would like to purchase any of the items used here, please visit my business website at http://www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net/